Knee Board decisions

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a left knee disorder and granted service connection, finding that new evidence supports the claim.

The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain additional medical opinions and examinations for the Veteran's knee disabilities, hearing loss, and right shoulder strain. The Veteran will be provided with another VA examination to address his claimed knee disabilities, as well as an audiological examination to determine if he has a current hearing loss disability. A supplemental opinion will also be obtained regarding any right shoulder disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right foot Lisfranc injury is secondary to his service-connected left knee osteoarthritis status post medial meniscectomy, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a pulmonary disability (including obstructive sleep apnea) and bilateral hearing loss. The decision also noted that the Veteran did not have diabetes mellitus or hypertension attributable to military service.

The Board found no chronic right knee, right ankle, or left shoulder disorders in service and denied the Veteran's claims for service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected conditions did not cause his death, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board denied all of the Veteran's claims, including service connection for back, knee, and ankle disorders as well as a rating in excess of 30 percent for his bilateral hearing loss. The decision found that none of these conditions were related to service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board has granted service connection for degenerative right knee arthritis and a right knee medial meniscus tear, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities are related to his in-service symptoms.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for asthma. The right knee disorder claim is remanded due to additional development being required.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right and left knee disabilities are not related to his military service, as there is no medical evidence of a nexus between the in-service injury and the current conditions.

The Board has ordered another VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's right knee scar and remand the case for further development.

Service connection for low back strain and right knee strain has been reopened due to the submission of new evidence that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims.,The Veteran's service-connected left knee disability may be aggravating his low back and right knee disabilities.

The Board has dismissed the appeal seeking service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. The claims to reopen for multiple myeloma, residuals of a left heel fracture, and bilateral hearing loss have been denied as new and material evidence was not received.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for her left knee medial meniscus tear, finding that the evidence did not warrant an increase in the current 10 percent rating.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing at his correct address of record. The issues are whether he should receive increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and right knee patellofemoral syndrome.

The Veteran's post-TKR left knee disability is rated at 60 percent, warranting a higher rating. The claim for monetary assistance for the purchase of an automobile and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only was denied as his service-connected disability does not meet the specified criteria.

The Board found that the Veteran did not experience an in-service right knee injury or disease, and there is no evidence of chronic right knee disorder symptomatology since service. Therefore, the claim for service connection for a right knee disorder was denied.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that new and material evidence was not received to reopen certain claims. The right knee condition claim is reopened but remains denied.

The Veteran's hypertension was found to be presumptively incurred during active military service, and he is granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted service connection for a right hip condition on a secondary basis to his service-connected knee disability. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right knee, cervical spine, and right arm numbness and weakness are remanded for further development.